Heater



. R. JONES HEAJER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.I4.1920.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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HEATER.

APPLICATION FILED MIG-l4, 1920.

Patented Mar. 7, 1922.

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wILL'IAiu: nnrus Jones, on SUMMITVILLE, INDIANA.

HEATER.

Application filed August 14 To all who-m it may concern Be it known that 1, WILLIAM RUFUS JONES, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Summitville, in the county of Madison and State of Indiana, have invented certain. new and useful improvements in'Heaters, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in heaters.

The object ofthe invention is to provide an improved heater which will efficiently radiate the heat generated by the combustion of solid, liquid or gaseous fuel, which is easily controllechand which is of simple and durable construction, reliable in operation, and easy and inexpensive to manufacture.

Other objectsand advantages of the in vention reside in certain novel featuresof construction, combination 'aud arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this application, and in which:

I*ig'ure 1 is a transverse vertical sectional view oftlie heater, parts being shown in elevation for the sake of illustration;

Figure 2 is a plan view;

- 1 Figure 3 is transverse horizontal section thereof on line 3-3 of Figure 1;

'Figure 4 is a fragmentary front elevational view,

Figure 5 is a fragmentary detail view.

Referring to the drawings wherein is shown the preferred embodiments of the in vention and especially to Figures 1 to 5, the base of the heater is indicated at A, the ash pit at B and the fire box or fire pot at C. These parts are in general of convention-a1 construction. The fire box or fire pot is adapted to initiate combustion and to utilize either solid, liquid orgaseous fuel. At its upper end the fire-box is provided I with an outwardly flared portion 0 having a plurality of laterally and inwardly extending wings 5 which serve to support parts of the heater as will be hereinafter more fully described. I

The heater comprises a cylindrical casing 6 having a closed top 7 and an open lower end which is secured to and carried by the flared portion 0 of the fire box. A reinforcing plate 8 is secured to the front of the casing and this reinforced portion 17 to permit the-flue pipe and preclude any possibility of Specification of Letters lfatent. Patented Mar, '7, 1920. Serial NO. 403,537.

of the casing carries an upper door 9 and a lower door 10. The top 7 of the casing is provided with a flue pipe connection 11. Adjacent the lower end of the casing is provided a curved guard rail 12 and a similar guard rail 12 is provided adjacent the upper end of the casing.

Adrum 13 is arranged Within the casing coaxially thereof and is provided with a relatively large number of widely distributed lateral discharge openings 14. The top wall of the drum may also be provided with a single circular series of discharge openings 15 but it is to be understood that the number and dimensions of the openings 15 are such that i the main discharge is con strained to flow laterally through the disand the innerwall ofthe casing a-heating chamberdesignated at 16.- The top wall of the drum may also be provided with a smoke opening 17 having a sliding closure 18 operated by a pull rod 19. The closure 18 normally coversthe smoke opening 17 and it is only when'the doors 9 and 10are open that this closure is moved to uncover the opening free outlet of all smo'ke'through the smoke or heat discli'argingthrough the open doors. illfljacent the doors 9 and 10 'the drum 13 is open and is extended and secured to the outer casing, as designated at 13.

-}iir feeding, heating and distributing means provided, and consists of two substantially arciiste ring sections 20, each of which is identical in construction, arrangement and function. They are arranged beneath and secured to the perforated drum 13 by means of upstanding lugs 20 and fastening means 20 and support the drum. The ring sections themselves are supported upon the wings 5 by means of lugs 21 and fasteniiig means 21. The opposite vertical walls of each of the hollow semi-annular sections have a. plurality of vertical slots or openings 22 arranged throughout the circumferential extent and extending from the top to approximately midway each vertical wall. rv, I

lne top and bottom walls as well as the lower portion of the vertical walls are impe'rforated. An imperforate semi-circular partition 23 is arranged interiorly of each semi annular ring section and separates the" upper perforate portion from the lower imperforate portion and thereby defines an upper chamber designated at 24 and a lower into the lower chamber and at the other end of the ring the lower chamber is closed except for a port 27 provided in the partition 23 which constitutes an outlet for the air, then heated, to the upper chamber 2& in which it is further heated and discharged through the slotsof the opposite vertical walls to the opposite sides of the perforated drum. Both ends of the upper chamber are closed, as indicated at 28.

A common air inlet is provided for both of the semieannular ring sections. This air inlet comprises a three-part casting 29 bolted to the casing adjacent one of the wings 5 and to the fire pot, as indicated at 30. The

"parts of the casting embrace the adjacent ends of-the ring sections '20 which are for this purpose each provided with a marginal flange 20, as shown in detail in Figure 5. The inlet chamber is provided with an air inlet opening 31'which is adapted tobe controlled by a closure-plate or valve 32 carried by the threaded shank 33 ofan operatinghandle 34a, The threaded shankv 33' is journaled in a corresponding opening of the depend'inglug 35 carried by the upperpart of the. casting.

If desired a feeding magazine 37 for supplying fuel to the fire pot may be provided, and preferably consists of a tubular body having an outwardly extending flange 37 at its upper end arranged to rest upon an inwardly extending flange 38 formed at the lower end of a hopper 88, the upper end of which hopper is provided with an outwardly 7 extending flange 38 whereby the hopper may be bolted to the exterior casing, as shown in Figure 1.

In operation wit I tionthe products of combustion rise from the fire box and flow upwardly on the 0pposite sides of the interior drum. The heated air flowing from the slots 22 of the ring sections of the air feeder, heater and distributor encounters these products of combustion when they are not yet completely consumed and completes the combustion thereof so as to liberate all of the heat of the. fuel. The heat from the gases on the outside of the drum directly heat the ex terior casing and radiates this heat in that way whereas the heat of the gases of combustion on the interior of the drum is carried by these gases directly against the interior of the outside casing as these gases of combustion are projected laterally through the lateral discharge openings of the drum. The gases strike the interior wall of the outside casing at right angles and thus provide h this form of the invenfor the effective transmission or radiation of the heat by the casing much more so than if the heat arising'were permitted to glide along the surface orstrike the surface at a very small angle. a

I claim: 7 I 11A heater of the character described, comprising a fire box, a casing supported thereon, a drum arranged within said casing and coaxial thereof, said drumihaving lateral discharge openings, air feeding, heating and distributing means disposed between the fire box'and the drum and consisting of annular ring sections each having an upper perforated portion and a lower imperforated portion, and an imperforate partition arranged therebetweento definean upper and a lower chamber, said lower chamber having an air intake opening and i an outlet port to the upper chamber opposite the said intake opening, and an air inlet for said ring sections consisting of a three-part casting embracing said sections and having an air inlet opening, a closure plate for said inlet opening and a threaded operator for said closure plate, and means for supporting said ring sections beneath said drum whereby said upper perforated chamber discharges heated air on opposite sides of said drum, .7 i a w 2. A heater of the character described comprising a fire box, a casing'supported thereon, a drum arranged in saidcasing and coaxial thereof, said 'drum'having lateral discharge openings, air feeding, heating and 10( distributing means disposed between the fire box and the drum and consisting of annular ring sections, eachhaving an upper perforate portion and a lower imperforate portion, and animperforate partition-arranged 10: therebetween to define an upper and alower chamber, said lower chamber having an air intake opening and an outlet port to the upper chamber opposite the said intake opening, and an air inletfor said ring sec- 11 tions consisting of a three-part casting embracing said sections and having an air inlet opening, a closure plate for said inlet openanda threaded operator for said-closure plate. j o

3. In a heater ofv the character described comprising incombination with a fire box, a casing supported upon said fire box, a drum arranged within said casing and having lateral discharge openings, air feeding, 12 heating and distributing-means consisting of semi-annular ring sections disposed between said drum and said fire box and having openings discharging onopposite sides of said drum, and an auxiliary magazine ex- 12 tending centrally of said drum. 1 a

7 4. In a heater of the character described, comprising in combination with a fire box, a casing supported upon said fire box, a, drum arranged within said casing having 13 lateral discharge openings, air feeding, and heating and distributing means consisting of semi-annular ring sections disposed between said drum and said fire box and having openings discharging upon the opposite side of said drum.

5. A heater of the character described comprising a fire box, a casing, a drum within said casing, an air feeding, and heating and distributing means disposed between said fire box and said drum and arranged to discharge heated air upon the opposite sides of said drum.

6. Air feeding and discharging means for a heater of the character described compris ing semi-annular ring sections having 0pposite vertical walls provided with openings arranged throughout the circumferential extent and extending from the top to approximately midway of the wall, imperforate top and bottom Walls, and a circular partition arranged Within each ring section and separating the upper perforate portion from the lower imperforate portion to define an upper and a lower chamber, each of said ring sections having an air intake port to the lower chamber and said circular partition having an outlet port from the lower chamber, to the upper chamber opposite the intake port of said ring sections, and an air intake receiving the intake ends of said ring sections and having manually operable means controlling the inlet of the air.

7. A heater of the character described comprising a fire box having laterally and inwardly extending wings at its upper end, a casing supported upon said fire box, a drum arranged within said casing having lateral discharge openings, air feeding, heating and distributing means disposed between the fire box and the drum and consisting of annular ring sections having openings discharging on opposite sides of said drum, a plurality of depending lugs carried by the under side of said ring sections and disposed adjacent and secured to the respective wings of said fire box, and a plurality of upstanding lugs carried by the upper side of the ring section and disposed adjacent and secured to said drum.

WILLIAM RUFUS JONES. 

